Cover; Foreword; Contents; Introduction; The Purpose & Scope of this Study; Which Criteria Can We Use as a Comparison?; Chapter 1: Growth Process Worldwide; All About Growth; "Savings = Investment" Paradox; On Added-value Criterion; The Relationship Between the Laborer -- Technological Progress & Growth; What Role Does Investment Play in Regard to Technology and Long-run Growth; Access to and the Use of Technology; Laborer, Knowledge & Growth; Qualified Labor or "Human Capital""; Creative Labor and Growth; Unqualified Labor; Technological Progress & the Global Economy. Is it possible to Measure the "Qualification Level of the Laborer" Accurately?Other Factors Having an Impact on Growth; The Institutional and Cultural Infrastructure; Competitive Conditions; Economic and Political Stability; Financing the Investments; Natural Resources; Chapter 2: Basic Concepts Related to Growth; Productivity- (Productivity) Growth -- Qualified Laborer -- Technological Progress; Productivity (V); Measuring Productivity: a Static Analysis; The Quantitative Analysis; Measuring Qualitative Differences; Value Analysis of "Productivity""; An Alternative Value Measurement. Optimum Productivity"(Productivity) Growth"; Quantitative Productivity Growth; Partial Factor Productivity Growth; Added-value Based Productivity Growth; Is a "Value" Criterion a Perfect Choice?; "New Products" and Growth; An Inter-Country Productivity Comparison; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 3: Growth Theories: Historical Perspective; A. Smith; Ricardo; Marx; Marshall; Keynes; Keynes's Model; The Characteristics of Keynes' "Static" Model; Harrod-Domar; A summary of the Harrod-Domarmodel; Schumpeter; Overview; Chapter 4: New Approaches to Growth Theory; Neoclassical Growth Theory-1: Pre-Solow. A Criticism of the Theory in Regard to GrowthNeoclassical Growth Theory-2: Solow & After; Estimation of TFP; Criticism of Solow's Model & the TFP Approach; TFP & Long-run Growth; Some TFP-related Data; TFP and Growth in Turkey; "Endogenous" Growth Models; Lucas: the Mechanical Model of Growth; The Institutional School; P. Romer: An Endogenous Growth Theory; R.J. Barro on Growth; Aghion-Howitt: Creative Destruction; Sectors and Production; Grossman-Helpman: Foreign Trade and Growth; G. Mankiw; Middle-Income-Trap: End of Growth?; In Conclusion; Concluding Remarks for the Chapter. Chapter 5: An Alternative Growth ModelIntroduction; The Purpose; "Productive" Factors & "Production" Factors or Inputs; Productive Factors; Factors (Inputs) of Production; "Productive" Factors and Value-creation ; The Genesis of Growth; Some Basic Assumptions; An Attempt at an Alternative Growth Model; Initial Case: A Simple "Stationary" Output, Exchange & Distribution Model; A Simple "Short-run" Growth Model: 1; Assuming Access to a "New" Market; A Simple "Long-run" Growth Model: 2; "New Markets" for the "New Product"; Conlusions to be Drawn from the Simple Growth Models